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HE HIPPEST (Most Hip?) Theological war to hit the Emerging Church and several parallel groups is – of course – Teh Gay. Do a google on outlaw preachers, or take a look on twitter for the same thing. There is, of course, a facebook group, too. The Outlaw preachers are, very generally, a group of [...]

Christ is Risen! ATHOLIC New Agency reports that a Conference is being planned to help students ‘speak the truth’ on natural marriage. DId you get that? “Natural” marriage. The rest of us do “unnatural” marriage. Now, say what you want about genetics and “by birth” or “by choice” or “nature vrs nurture” or even “two [...]

ATHOLIC (Roman) News Agency offers us a prime example of Catholic (Roman) Homophobia: citing Rhode Island’s Bishop Thomas J Tobin’d call that Catholic apathy on same-sex ‘marriage’ must end. Last week (April 23) the Bishop’s Column in the local Roman newspaper explained in gory detail all the reasons good Papists should oppose Same-Sex Marriage in [...]

NCE AGAIN The point is made that the general “loud mouth” Atheists really miss the point. But, once again, they don’t miss it by too far. Take a read of Is Christianity Simply About God Entering the Uterus of a Jewish Virgin? The problem is, of course, that it really *is* exactly about that. God [...]

HE People at Focus on the Family remind us that calling people names, bullying, etc, is a bad thing: unless you’re torturing kids you perceive as gays or lesbians… It’s national “No Name Calling Week” in 7th Grades around the country. And as ReligionDispatches tells us: Thousands of elementary and middle schools are celebrating “No [...]

ITH THE New President safely ensconced, the right begins to plot his departure. James Kirchick explains why gay marriage should be part of the plan: Whereas the gay Left decried gay marriage as patriarchic and sexist less than two decades ago – and vilified the gay writers, nearly all self-identified conservatives and libertarians, who advocated [...]

N A Polarised world things like this are scary: here’s a Map of the names and Addresses of all who donated in support of California’s Proposition 8 which takes away the rights of marriage from same-sex couples. While I’m reasonably certain I’d find some friends if I clicked around, it raises some crucial questions: 1) [...]

Mark reports that the Very Prot Deposed Bishop Bob Duncan, formerly of Pittsburgh, has been preaching at the Self-Ruled Antiochian Village and that the very Catholic Deposed Bishop Jack Iker, formerly of Fort Worth, has been seen with Mtr. Jonah of the OCA. Both friendships seem rather more geographic than ecclesiastic. But given the links [...]

IRST Let’s take a look at some non-mythological history. Constantine was seeking a way to unify his empire. After the wars and division that plagued the collapse of the tetrarchy and his accession to the throne, a unified people was necessary. So he first decreed religious diversity, promising Freedom to everyone. His slow move to [...]

I’ve personalised this post. Because too often bloggers (including me) speak in the abstract about things that are very real. I am a gay man. When someone speaks of “homosexuals as a class” they are either speaking of me, personally, or else they are telling lies. For what is true of Homosexuals as a class [...]